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| 32 SM, 2 locks up and 6.6 hours |
Great walk through the neighborhood of Fairport yesterday morning. Well kept homes and yards, clean streets and sidewalks; significant contrast to some of the other canal towns we have visited. Perhaps Fairport is close enough to Rochester and folks commute? Just a fine town we have enjoyed. Weather forecast for Friday is not looking so good, so we plan our day to travel to Brockport, NY. Three mile walk complete, breakfast complete and lines cast off, we got underway at 0800. Nice, crisp breezy morning as we proceeded westward at a slow 5 mph. The remaining 100 or so miles most closely resembles the original Erie canal. A portion of the waterway traveled is called the "rock cut", the most extensive excavation with depths through solid rock. Amazing when considering the dig occurred over 100 years ago and would have been mostly by hand.
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| We slowed at the duck crossing |
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| Taken by a looper ahead of us in the lock |
Brockport is between two lift bridges; we requested an opening of the eastern bridge, passing under, we then secured to the south wall near the visitor center at 1330. (map) Clean, neat and welcoming. Checking in, great overnight rate of $15 including water, electric, showers and free loaner bikes. Walmart 1.5 miles away. Rain, thunderstorms and strong gusty winds forecast for Friday. So we are going to hang out here for an extra day. Ride the canal trails with the loaner bikes, hike around the town and go exploring. Still no rush, as only 70 miles and two locks remain of the Erie Canal. We are really enjoying this portion of our Great Loop travel. Brockport video First 100 McCormick reapers were produced here. Brockport history
4462 SM traveled; 1809.0 hours hobbs
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